at five years old, xiaomi rivals
apple and samsung in the chinese
smartphone market and is valued
at $45 billion.
but worldwide it is not a
household name.
former google executive hugo
barra intends to change that.
born and raised in brazil, he
left a top job as the public
face of android to take xiaomi
global.
joining me today on "studio
1.0," is xiaomi vice president
of global operations, hugo
barra.
hugo: hi, how are you?
emily: so great to have you
here.
hugo: my pleasure.
emily: how is your chinese?
hugo: coming along slowly.
maybe next time, we can do it.
emily: i will hold you to that.
that is a big promise.
hugo: two years from now, three
years.
it is a hard language.
emily: i understand they call
you tiger brother.
how did you get that name?
hugo: our ceo, a social media
rockstar, superstar did a simple
post and said hey guys, hugo is
joining us from google, we have
to give him a name.
people went crazy.